Fundamentals of Stack Gas Dispersion

{{Infobox book

| name=Fundamentals of Stack Gas Dispersion

| image= Beychok's Cover.jpg

| caption=The book's cover

| author=Milton R. Beychok

| language=English

| subject= Air dispersion modeling

| publisher=Milton R. Beychok

| release_date=2005 (4th Edition)

| media_type=Downloadable in PDF format

| pages=201 (21.5 cm × 27.6 cm)

| isbn= 0-9644588-0-2

| dewey= 628.5/32

| congress= TD885 .B49 1994

| oclc= 33462889

}}

Fundamentals of Stack Gas Dispersion is a book devoted to the fundamentals of air pollution dispersion modeling of continuous, buoyant pollution plumes from stationary point sources. The first edition was published in 1979. The current fourth edition was published in 2005.

The subjects covered in the book include atmospheric turbulence and stability classes, buoyant plume rise, Gaussian dispersion calculations and modeling, time-averaged concentrations, wind velocity profiles, fumigations, trapped plumes and gas flare stack plumes. The constraints and assumptions involved in the basic equations are fully explained.

The book has received favorable reviews, including a description of its "simple straightforward explanations" for a "full course in single-source dispersive modeling".{{cite journal |journal=Atmospheric Environment |volume=29 |issue=22 |date=November 1995 |page=3397 |first=James P. |last=Lodge |doi=10.1016/1352-2310(95)90214-7 |title=Fundamentals of stack gas dispersion: by Milton R. Beychok, 3rd edition. Milton R. Beychok, 2233 Martin Street, Unit 205, Irvine, CA., 1994, 193 + viii pp. Paperback. Price: $85.00 postpaid in the U.S.}}{{Cite journal |last=Kowalewsky |first=Karen |date=1997-01-01 |department=Book Reviews |title=Fundamentals of Stack Gas Dispersion, Third Edition|journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |language=en |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=90–94 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477-78.1.90 |issn=0003-0007|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |journal=Chemical Engineering Progress |date=August 1995 |page=88 |first=Stanley S. |last=Grossel}}

The book has been purchased in 84 countries and {{as of|2015}} is available in 233 libraries worldwide.{{cite web |url=http://www.air-dispersion.com/interest.html |title=Complete lists of countries, libraries and references/citations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005020946/http://www.air-dispersion.com/interest.html |archive-date=October 5, 2006 }} It has been referenced or cited as an educational resource more than 880 times in the technical literature and on the Internet, including 34 regulatory publications of state or national governmental agencies worldwide. It has also been used as recommended reading or a textbook in 61 university courses.

The book is now{{when?|date=July 2024}} available only as a downloadable version in PDF format.